Resilient mounting



Jan. 23, 1945.' LE ROY M. KBAUGF 2,367,830 u RES ILIENT MOUNTING Filed oct. 27, 1942 v lNvsN'roR LEROYw M. KUBAUGH f am ATTORN EYS Patented Jan. 23, 1945 RESILIENT MOUNTINGA Le Roy M. Kubaugh, Akron, Ohio, assignor to The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Y f Application October 27, 1942, Serial No. 463,505

1 Claim.

This invention relates to resilient mountings and more especially it relates to improved resilient mountings comprising rubber such as are used for vibration insulators or for other yielding or flexible connections interposed between supporting and supported structures.

The chief objects of the invention are to provide in an improved manner for reducing the sag or permanent set of the rubber element or elements of resilient mountings of the character mentioned; to increase the capability of static deflection of the mounting and thereby to reduce its natural frequency of vibration. More specifically the invention aims to provide a simple means for obtaining pre-compression of the rubber. structure of resilient mountings of the character mentioned and thereby to achieve the attendant benefits of such pre-compression; to provide a safety feature that functions ,in case of failure of the rubber of the mounting; and to provide a mechanical shield that protects the rubber of the mounting from oil saturation and other hazards to which it may be exposed during use. Other objects will be manifest as the description proceeds.

For illustrative purposes, the invention will be shown and described with relation to the resilient mounting shown in Figure 4 of U. S. Patent No. 2,047,493 to Curt;I Saurer, issued July 14, 1936, upon which mounting the present invention is an improvement.

Of the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a transverse section through an embodiment of the invention, in operative association with a supporting structure and a supported structure;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved mounting as seen from line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the resilient unit of the mounting in the. unstressed condition in which it is molded.

Resilient mountings of the character mentioned commonly are used for supporting vibratory structures upon non-vibratory structures, such as the mounting of an electrical motor or an internal combustion engine upon a floor or ceiling. Also they are used for mounting a vehicle motor upon the frame of the vehicle. -In either case an iin- Y portant -function of the mounting isto absorb and/or suppress the motor vibrations and prevent or retard their transmission to the supporting structure. Although prior rubber mountings, such as the -Saurer mounting aforementioned, have given excellent all-around performance, they were The natural frequency of a rubber mounting isv given closely by the formula i-.; cycles per second wherein fn=natural or resonant frequency, and

1 deflection in inches under static load.

Transmissibility is given by:

wherein E :=transmissibility and fd=the disturbl ing frequency. These formulae clearly sho'w that' in order to decrease transmissibility, the fn should be as low as possible, and that the static defiec tion per unit load should be as great as possible consistent with required stability, stresses in the rubber, etc. In applying the theory of the invention to a specic rubber vibration insulator, the aforementioned Saurer mounting is employed, and said mounting, in normal condition, is deformed and narrowed by laterally directed pressure so that therubber elements thereof have a determinate amount of pre-compression. The term pre-compression as used herein re fers to compressive stress of the rubber elements, maintained by the other elements of the mounting, irrespective of the stresses placed thereon by the structure supported thereby.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown in Fig- 3 thereof a transverse section of the Saurer resilient mounting aforementionedthe same being in nor..- :.1 unstressed condition. Said mounting is designated as a whole by the character S, Y

and consists of parallel, spaced-apart, angular lateral strips -I 0, l0, composed of metal, a metal channel strip Il positioned between the strips -I and parallel thereto, the channel preferably being -inverted so that its base is uppermostfand the entire strip being somewhatelevated with relation to the strips Il), and cushions 12V, l2 of resilient rubber vulcanized to the respective lateral faces 'of the channel and to the adjacent lateral faces of the respective angle strips I 0. Atleast the bottom face of each cushion I2V is arcuate as shown, the arrangement being such that as the channel Il is depressed or deflected during use the bottom face'of each cushion progressively believed to be capable Vof improvement in their makescontact with the surface I3 of the supportallowable and ribs.

ing structureinot shown) upon which the lateral strips are mounted, with the result that the cushions offer progressively increasing resistance t such deflection. The structure may be of any length desired, but preferably is made in relatively' der compressive stress, referred to herein as precompression. When the channel I5 and unit S are fully telescoped, the flanges I6 of the channel ranged that the upstanding legs thereof converge toward each other. The lateral legs of the channel II diverge from their common base, the arrangement being such that the channel legs and the adjacent legs of the lateral strips I0 are in substantial parallelism transversely as well as longitudinally. l

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, the resilient unit S is shown in combination with means by which precompression is imparted to the rubber elements thereof. As shown therein, said means consists of an inverted channel-like structure I5 having outwardly turned marginal flanges IB, I6. The depth of the channel structure I5 is somewhat greater than the height of the mounting S, and the greatest width of the channel of the structure is less than the greatest width of the mounting S between the upstanding legs of the lateral strips I0 thereof. Furthermore, the sides of the structure I5 diverge from the base thereof at substantially the same angle as the included angle between the respective legs of the said lateral strips I0 of the mounting S. Like the latter, the structure I5 may be made initially inga relatively long length, shorter lengths if required being cut therefrom, as indicated by the transverse broken lines, Fig. 2. The channel structure I5 is reinforced at spaced points throughout its length by 're-entrant. ribs or webs II, I7 formed diagonally' across the rounded corners at the juncture of its base portion with the respective sides of the structure. The flanges I6 of the structure I5 are formed with bolt holes I8 and the base of the structure is formed with a longitudinal series of centrally positioned apertures I9, I9. I'he ribs I1, the bolt holes I8, and the apertures I9 are in alignment transversely of the structure, and are so spaced longitudinally of the structure that the shortest practical length ,severed from 'the structure, as indicated by the lbroken lines in Fig. 2, will include at least one transverse series of said bolt holes, apertures, In an assembled mounting comprising a resilient unit S and a channel structure I5,` the latter and said resilient unit are the same length.

In the assembling of the mounting, the structure I5 is forced down upon a unit S, or alternatively, the latteris forced into the channel of the structure I5. This operation readily is accomplished since the sides of the resilient unit S and the channel structure I5 are complementally sloped. Since the width of the channel structure is less than the width of the resilient unit, such telescoping of the members causes the structure I5 to exert a wedging eiect against the outwardly directed lateral faces of thestrips Il o f-.tlle unit S, and thereby to move said strips latr'al'ly toward each other and toward opposite sides of the channel II, and to elevate the latter somewhat above its normal position. This results in such deformation and deflection of the rubber bodies I2 of the resilient unit as to put said'bodies un-l are in juxtaposition with the laterally extending legs of the strips I0 of the unit S, and the bolt holes I8 ofthe channel are in registry with the bolt holes of said strips I0. Thus both elements may be secured to an underlying supporting structure I3 by bolts or cap screws 20 that extend through said aligned bolt holes. In the assembled mounting the bolt holes in the channel II of the resilient unit are in alignment with the apertures I9 of the channel structure4 I5. Thus a supported structure, shown at 2|, may be secured to the channel of the resilient unit by means of a bolt or bolts 22 that extend through the said apertures I9, each bolt extending through a spacer sleeve 23 disposed between the channel II and `the supported structure 2 I.

Because of the pre-compression imparted Ito the rubber bodies of the mounting, the tendency of the said bodies to sag or to take a permanent set is materially reduced. Furthermore, the rubber Ibodies have greater static deflection than they Not compressed Under pre-compression Detiecf Deliccf Load tion calculated. Lond tion calco-lated Pounds Inches Cycles/sec. Pounds Inches Cycles/asc 12 .05() 14.0 11.5 .050 14.0 22 .1D0 0. 9 21. 5 100 9.9 33 150 8. 1 31. 3 150 8. 1 42 200 7. 0 39. 0 200 7. 0 54 250 Il. 26 47. 5 250 6. 26

The foregoing data clearly show that the same deflection in a pre-compressed mounting may be obtained with a lighter static load than in an uncompressed mounting.

The invention provides in a simple manner for imparting pre-compression to a resilient mounting unit of the character described, whereby the attendant benefits of pre-compression are achieved. The channel structure I5 of the unit also shields the rubber elements of the mounting from damage by oil saturation and other causes, and it constitutes as afety feature in case there is a complete failure of the bond between the rubber bodies and the elements to which they are bonded.

Obviously modications may be made without departing from the-spirit of the invention, therefore it is to be understood that the invention is to vbe limited only by the scope of the appended claim and the prior arti l' I claim:

Ina resilient mounting of the character described, the combination of a resilient unit cornprising a pair of parallel, spaced-apart angular lateral strips each securable to a supporting structure, an intermediate channel shaped downwardly turned strip spaced between and somewhat offset from said lateral strips and securable to a supported structure, and a pair of spaced apart cushions of resilient material each bonded to one said attaching bolts extend, said outlet openings being sufciently large to afford clearance for, the movement of said bolts when said mounting is actuated in service.

. LE ROY M. KUBAUGH.

oover structure having outlet holes through which 

